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Henry Larsen's Northwest Passages

Name: Henry Larsen's Northwest Passages
Duration: 27 min

1962 | 27 min

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Norwegian-born Superintendent Henry Larsen of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was the first man to navigate the Northwest Passage in both directions. In this film he relates anecdotes of his voyages in the tiny schooner, the St. Roch.

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Credits

producer

David Bairstow
photography

Eugene Boyko
sound

Leo O'Donnell
editing

John Kemeny

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